John McKay

John McKay first achieved national fame in comedy, being twice nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award; subsequent work as a playwright and sitcom writer led to Crush (2001), his first feature film as writer-director. His TV work includes episodes of Life on Mars, The Canterbury Tales, Lip Service and the TV movie We’ll Take Manhattan for BBC4, starring Karen Gillan.

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